Louvre Launches Three-Year Restitution Research Effort Backed by Sotheby’s

The Louvre in Paris is conducting a three-year restitution research project focused on works that entered the museum’s collection between 1933 and 1945. As part of the initiative, which is being sponsored by Sotheby’s, the museum will produce a series of public programs related to restitution.
The deal allows funding from the auction house to be put toward ongoing research efforts at the Louvre that “could lead to restitutions,” the museum said in its announcement. The co